The Audit Operations Senior Manager is responsible for the operational policy and support processes of Internal Audit. This role ensures that reporting, data analytics, audit tools, and the organizational framework of the audit function are operated efficiently and continuously developed.
Requirements
- Background: Successfully completed degree in economics, business administration, finance, information systems, or comparable training.
- Gained at least 7 years of relevant professional experience in Internal Audit, Audit Operations, Audit Methodology, or a related control function within an international company operating in a regulated environment.
- Strong understanding of Internal Audit governance, methodology, quality assurance, and the end-to-end audit lifecycle, including reporting, issue tracking, remediation monitoring, and audit systems administration.
- Sound knowledge of banking regulatory requirements and professional internal audit standards, with the ability to translate these into effective audit methodologies, governance processes, and operational frameworks.
- Good English and German language skills. Any other European language is a plus.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to coordinate effectively across Internal Audit, IT, and other control functions
- Strong proficiency in audit tools, reporting systems, and data analytics, including the ability to derive meaningful insights from audit data, findings trends, risk indicators, and remediation progress.
- Excellent presentation skills, including the ability to present complex audit matters, reporting outputs, and key risk messages in a clear, concise, and management-appropriate manner to senior stakeholders and committees.
- Deep understanding of Internal Audit methodology, quality assurance, issue and findings monitoring, and the operational support processes required to run an effective audit function.
- Strong drafting and reporting skills, with a high degree of precision, attention to detail, and sound legal and factual subsumption.
- Ability to produce robust, defensible, and decision-oriented reporting and management presentations.
- Strong focus on continuous improvement, operational efficiency, automation, and data-driven decision-making within the Internal Audit function.
- Leadership capability in audit quality assurance, audit operations, and the ongoing enhancement of audit governance and methodology.
Benefits
- Competitive personal development budget
- Work from home budget
- Discounts to fitness & wellness memberships
- Language apps and public transportation
- Premium subscription on your personal N26 bank account
- Subscriptions for friends and family members
- Additional day of annual leave for each year of service
- A high degree of autonomy and access to cutting edge technologies
- Relocation package with visa support for those who need it
